Quotes Library

June 3, 2025

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.

E. E. Cummings (1884–1962), American poet, 1×1 (1944), no.10, Jay p.107

Do you think that’s a fair assessment of you, and all other politicians?

Why is it that persons who have made a mark in one profession believe they are competent to judge others of a different profession? Do you ask your doctor to rate your lawyer? Your baker to do a performance review on your butcher? One thing is certain: some poets are idiots.


More Quotes

December 3, 2025
Healey’s first law of politics: when you are in a hole, stop digging.
September 27, 2025
When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists
April 8, 2025
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
Page 4 of 124